I Am Legend (I’m legend) It will have a second installment. The protagonist of the film was Will Smith (2022 Oscar nominee for his performance in king richard), back in 2007, and there he played the scientist Robert Neville, a man who after a zombie apocalypse manages to survive as the only human inhabitant on the planet and who spends his days with the only company of his dog, Sam, a sheepdog. German. He thus becomes the only person with immunity to the kryppin virus that devastated the entire planet.
This apocalyptic story It has grossed more than $260 million in the United States and more than $585 million worldwide. The feature film was directed by Francis Lawrence and had a small participation of the daughter of Smith, Willow, who is currently a singer and model. Let’s remember that I’m legend It is based on the homonymous novel by Richard Mathesonpublished in 1954.
The new protagonists of “I am legend 2″: Will Smith and Michael B. Jordan, who would have convinced his partner to be part of this sequel.
Everything suggested that we would have a second part, more than anything taking into account the large profits generated by the film. But the illusions faded over the years. The surprise came with the announcement a few days ago, when they announced from Warner Bros. that after 15 years, we would have a second installment.
The news reported that Smith would be joined in the cast by Michael B Jordan, and that both would be, in turn, producers of the new film. Regarding the script, they will have the same writer from the first installment, Akiva Goldsmann.
But the notorious thing is that for years, the actor of men in black had denied that he was going to be part of a new movie that would continue the unfinished events of I’m legend. However, there was a voice in this negotiation that convinced him to participate in the second part.
Until now we don’t know how the continuation of the plot will be, since the end of I’m legend It closed perfectly. There are also no details about the date of the start of filming, and if they are going to add more stars to the sequel.